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Interactives

Smart is Fun! In this collection, you can find interactive activities, simulations, 360 video and virtual reality tours.

Smart is Fun!

In this collection, you can find interactive activities, simulations, 360 video and virtual reality tours.

Within this Collection

Content Type
Little Red Hen in Gullah | Gullah Tales

Interactive

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Little Red Hen in Gullah | Gullah Tales
Listen to the interactive version of the Little Red Hen in Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)
Little Red Hen in English | Gullah Tales

Interactive

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Little Red Hen in English | Gullah Tales
Listen to the interactive version of the Little Red Hen in English. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)
Red Riding Hood | Gullah Tales

Interactive

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Red Riding Hood | Gullah Tales
Listen to the interactive version of the Little Red Riding Hood in both English and Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)
Bossy Elephant | Gullah Tales

Interactive

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Bossy Elephant | Gullah Tales
Listen to the interactive version of the Bossy Elephant in both English and Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)
Praise House | Gullah Music

Interactive

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Praise House | Gullah Music
Students will understand how enslaved Africans created music for their worship experience. Religious meetings in “praise houses” provided the spiritual outlet for enslaved Africans on the plantation...
Secret Code | Gullah Music

Interactive

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Secret Code | Gullah Music
Students will understand that music and material culture became a mode of covert communication between slaves. Aunt Pearlie Sue is our guide as students uncover hidden messages in the work songs...
Got the Blues | Gullah Music

Interactive

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Got the Blues | Gullah Music
Students will understand traditional blues form that contains three four-measure phrases that follow the pattern AAB. Let Reverend Leroy show you how to express your sad feelings by composing a blues...
Listen to Gullah Language | Gullah Net

Interactive

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
Listen to Gullah Language | Gullah Net
INSTRUCTIONS: Click on an English word to see and hear the Gullah word. About Gullah Language Gullah is also a language. It was developed among Africans as a way to communicate with people from other...
The Three Rivers  | RiverVenture

Interactive

Grades

  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
The Three Rivers | RiverVenture
After floating through the hilly Piedmont, you arrive at the Sandhills of South Carolina. Between 55 and 100 million years ago the sea level was higher and the coast was farther inland. Marine fossils...
Estuary | RiverVenture

Interactive

Grades

  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
Estuary | RiverVenture
RiverVenture needs your help! Riverventure Headquarters has heard reports of problems in the estuary. A sign warns people not to collect or eat shellfish such as oysters and clams. People are testing...
Catawba River | RiverVenture

Interactive

Grades

  • 1
  • 2
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
Catawba River | RiverVenture
From the Appalachian Mountains, the Catawba River south through the Carolina Piedmont, where it becomes the Wateree River and eventually flows out to the Atlantic Ocean as the Santee River. From the...
Public Relations Specialist | Kids Work!

Interactive

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Public Relations Specialist | Kids Work!
Students will play the role of a public relations specialist by writing a new slogan for a hospital. This animated interactive job exploration experience connects schoolwork with real work and...
Pharmacist | Kids Work!

Interactive

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Pharmacist | Kids Work!
Students will play the role of the pharmacist to understand the importance of math skills in correctly dispensing prescription drugs to patients.
Medical Lab Technician | Kids Work!

Interactive

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Medical Lab Technician | Kids Work!
Students will play the role of the medical lab technician to understand the parts of a cell and begin to understand the difference between the bacteria and viruses that may cause disease. This...
Director | Kids Work!

Interactive

Grades

  • 4
Director | Kids Work!
Students will play the role of the Director who is responsible for achieving the creative, visual, and auditory effect of a production. This animated interactive job exploration experience connects...
Audio Engineer | Kids Work!

Interactive

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Audio Engineer | Kids Work!
Students will play the role of the audio engineer who monitors and adjusts the audio levels for a production. This animated interactive job exploration experience connects schoolwork with real work...
Producer | Kids Work!

Interactive

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Producer | Kids Work!
The Student will play the role of the producer planning and coordinating the various parts of television production. This animated interactive job exploration experience connects schoolwork with real...
Lighting Designer  | Kids Work!

Interactive

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Lighting Designer | Kids Work!
The Lighting Designer creates the stage lighting for the performance. Students will play the role of a lighting designer to understand that the lighting designer creates stage lighting for...
Playwright | Kids Work!

Interactive

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Playwright | Kids Work!
A Playwright writes a play that is performed by actors on a stage. Students will understand the components that make up a script including characters, background, setting, acts, and scenes. This...
Inside a Proscenium Theater | Kids Work!

Interactive

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Inside a Proscenium Theater | Kids Work!
Students will connect schoolwork with real work as they explore a virtual representation of a theater with specific work areas labeled and defined. The diagram is a proscenium theater, a traditional...
Inside a Television Station | Kids Work!

Interactive

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Inside a Television Station | Kids Work!
Students will connect schoolwork with real work as they explore a virtual representation of a television station with specific work areas labeled and defined. Hover your mouse over room to take a look...
Inside a Hospital  | Kids Work!

Interactive

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Inside a Hospital | Kids Work!
Students will connect schoolwork with real work as they explore a virtual representation of a hospital with specific work areas labeled and defined. There are many areas in a hospital. Some areas are...
Plate Movements - Lateral | NASA Online

Interactive

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
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  • 6
  • 7
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Plate Movements - Lateral | NASA Online
At a lateral plate boundary, plates slide past each other. The San Andreas fault in California is an example of a transform plate boundary, where the Pacific Plate slides past the North American Plate...
Plate Movements - Convergent | NASA Online

Interactive

Grades

  • 3
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Plate Movements - Convergent | NASA Online
At a convergent plate boundary, lithospheric plates move toward each other. The west margin of the South American continent, where the oceanic Nazca Plate is pushed toward and beneath the continental...